Is there anyone on here who has actually beat this thing, because I am really starting to lose hope.. 12 years I have been fighting and I’m slowly starting to give up, I don’t think I have the strength in me to keep this up much longer... I have tried everything you can think of and none of it seems to help me, and now I’m starting to feel like it’s all pointless, I feel like I’ve already wasted most of my life, so by the time I got better i feel like it would be too late to do all the things I wanted to do.. I’m 22 and I know that’s young but there’s so many things I wanted to have accomplished by now, and now those years are all down the drain, and I don’t see any sign of me getting better anytime soon, so why should I waste more time?

mayeruni

Date posted: 5y

Hi there, I really know how you feel, on my worst days I sound exactly like you. I'm also only young (19) and I really think that it's way too early to make such conclusions.. in fact it's probably always too early to give up (but I know that sounds kinda stupid when you're in the middle of it) have you seen a psychiatrist? I haven't taken any meds yet but I think I'm going to, ocd is an illness, it's not you, and it should be treated as such when it gets out of control (this also sounds kinda stupid because you said you tried everything, I'm just checking) I don't have any miracle advice because I'm basically in the same boat as you, but I really wish I could help you, you don't deserve this

chelsey2020

Date posted: 5y

Thank you 💕 I have been once but I didn’t talk anything ocd related as I get super scared talking about it with people who don’t have it as I hate feeling misunderstood, I went to a doctor when I was about 18 to talk about it and it was a really bad experience so I haven’t been able to talk about it with a professional since

mayeruni

Date posted: 5y

I get that, some "professionals" aren't really that professional at all.. a lot of them don't know shit about ocd, but some do, and I really think you should try to find them because yeah it's pretty fucking difficult to go through this without help. Maybe look up ocd specialists or a really good general psychiatrist. Either way, you shouldn't be alone with this ❤

chelsey2020

Date posted: 5y

@mayeruni You can say that again, if anything the last one just made me worse.. I’ll try my best to find someone, there isn’t much of a selection wheee I’m from but I might try online now, the thing that scares me the most though is if I find the right person and they still can’t help me.. then what happens

OliviaP

Date posted: 5y

You cant fight ocd you have to accept and embrace it, accept the possibility, the pobability and all the 'mights' then you are cured. Sorry I know how hard it is and im so sorry bout your life situation, i just wanted to say that the word 'fight' is very wrong for the actual healing process...

chelsey2020

Date posted: 5y

Yeah I know it’s just that it’s easier said than done, just simply accepting isn’t something that comes easy to me

OliviaP

Date posted: 5y

I can really recommend you the book 'pure' from rose brétecher. She suffered 11 years from ocd and tells her long suffering and healing story very humorous. It helped me a lot not taking it so serious anymore. :-)

chelsey2020

Date posted: 5y

Thanks, I’ll check it out 🤞

That Indian Boy

Date posted: 5y

I was sober from this for almost 6 Months, it came back when i went back to my old life style. Dont lose hope, its completely CURABLE

chelsey2020

Date posted: 5y

Thank you 🙏🏼 what did you do to help yourself?

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